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The News, Business, Technology, and Art of AnimationFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:00:08 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.3Behind the Mikehttp://www.animationmagazine.net/ask-a-baboon/behind-the-mike/
http://www.animationmagazine.net/ask-a-baboon/behind-the-mike/#commentsSun, 09 Oct 2016 20:59:44 +0000http://www.animationmagazine.net/?p=215666Voice actors talk about what it’s really like to deliver their lines for the pros at Audioworks. Mike de Seve, creative director of the Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning team Baboon Animation, recently had a chance to talk with some of the incredibly talented voice artists over at Audioworks Producers Group. The artists — Debbie Irwin, Billy Bob […]

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http://www.animationmagazine.net/ask-a-baboon/ask-an-intern/#commentsSun, 17 Jul 2016 21:13:35 +0000http://www.animationmagazine.net/?p=212580Students spending their summer hanging out in an animation studio talk about what their work life is really like on a day-to-day basis. Helloooo from Baboon Animation’s summer interns! We’ll be guest-writing this issue’s article – our first byline! Yay! We want to talk about what it’s like to go from college campus to interning […]

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http://www.animationmagazine.net/ask-a-baboon/in-her-own-words/#commentsSun, 12 Jun 2016 02:28:06 +0000http://www.animationmagazine.net/?p=211303Voice actor Erica Schroeder discusses the benefits of a musical education and why quicker is often better. By Mark J. Lerner. As a junior member of the Baboon team, I assisted on the set of a recent, to-be-announced European feature that the Baboon crew had done a comedy rewrite of, and for which Baboon’s Mike […]

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http://www.animationmagazine.net/ask-a-baboon/behind-the-mic/#commentsWed, 11 May 2016 01:25:23 +0000http://www.animationmagazine.net/?p=210021 The recording studio challenges writers, directors and actors to unite emotion, comedy and authenticity. By Mark J. Lerner. One of the services Baboon Animation offers is voice direction for feature films. Often, for example, we’re asked to punch up an international feature film and give it some American comedy, and then direct the actors […]

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http://www.animationmagazine.net/ask-a-baboon/breaking-into-the-biz-part-2/#commentsSun, 07 Feb 2016 23:51:07 +0000http://www.animationmagazine.net/?p=206515How will you get your start in the animation writing game? Last issue, we spoke to three of Baboon’s team of award-winning scribblers, who each got their break using one classic method: Not taking no for an answer. This time, we bring you three more celebrated simians and their secrets of screenwriting success. Read on! […]

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http://www.animationmagazine.net/ask-a-baboon/breaking-into-the-biz/#commentsSun, 03 Jan 2016 23:35:13 +0000http://www.animationmagazine.net/?p=205148It’s the first question on the minds of countless eager students and budding professionals: How do you get your start in the animation business? We’ve asked a couple of Baboon’s award-winning writers about their journeys, which started with either pure luck or applied talent (often both!) – will you find inspiration and aspirations within their […]

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http://www.animationmagazine.net/ask-a-baboon/ask-a-baboon-ask-a-baboon-issue-253/#commentsTue, 13 Oct 2015 02:43:04 +0000http://www.animationmagazine.net/?p=202357Putting More Spring in Your Springboard, Part 1 Think of your favorite episode of your favorite cartoon… Got it? Well, guess what – the perfect plot, the ingenious jokes: those grew out of a humble springboard! A springboard is the bare-bones idea of the script you hope to “sell” to a producer, who will then […]

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http://www.animationmagazine.net/ask-a-baboon/silent-but-funny/#commentsThu, 23 Apr 2015 16:32:08 +0000http://www.animationmagazine.net/?p=196924Writing duo discusses the challenges of making people laugh without using dialog on Angry Birds Toons. Comedy is when a bird hits a pig — and Baboons are writing for them both. Yes, Baboon Animation has just wrapped up its share of the writing on Rovio’s Angry Birds Toons seasons two and three, and is […]